Comparison of Netgear ReadyNAS 104 and Western Digital My Book Live

The side-by-side comparison of the devices’ specifications. The comparison table below makes it easier to choose the most fitting NAS.

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Launch	2013	2012
Class	Small office / Home office	Low end
Body
Dimensions	223 x 134 x 205 mm	167 x 139 x 50 mm
Weight	4.02 kg	1.09 kg
Disks
Disk bays	4 x 3.5" SATA II	1 x 3.5" SATA II
RAID	JBOD RAID0 RAID1 RAID10 RAID5 RAID6	no
SSD support	yes	no
Network
LAN ports	2 x Gigabit Ethernet	1 x Gigabit Ethernet
Wireless	no	no
Protocols	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP ISCSI NFS RSYNC SFTP WEBDAV	AFP CIFS/SMB FTP NFS
P2P support	BitTorrent	no
Media server	DLNA UPnP iTunes	DLNA UPnP iTunes
Cloud backup	Dropbox	no
Connectivity
USB ports	1 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.0	no
eSATA ports	1 x eSATA	no
System
CPU	Marvell Armada 370 88F6707 @ 1.2 GHz	Applied Micro APM82181 @ 800 MHz
RAM	512 MB	256 MB
Flash	128 MB	512 kB
Operating system	Netgear ReadyNAS OS	WD My Book OS
Alternative OS
Power
Power supply	12 V / 7 A	12 V / 1.5 A
Consuption	45.6 W
Fans	1 x 92 mm	fanless
Noise level	< 25 dB(A)
Features
Specials	LCD Panel Failover and link aggregation
Administration
Default IP	DHCP	DHCP
Default username	admin	admin
Default password	password	admin

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